Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir (Felix Mendelssohn)
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- Editor: Robert Urmann (submitted 2009-02-06). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 198 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Nothing adapted, nothing arranged. These are Mendelssohn’s ‘Engel’.
- Editor: Per-Anders Aglert (submitted 2000-09-26). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 208 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Choral parts, slightly adapted. Revised files uploaded 2012-06-11.
General Information
Title: Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, MWV B 53
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Anthem
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
2nd published: 1915 in Volksliederbuch für gemischten Chor, no. 60
Description: This piece is not from Elijah. Mendelssohn made it part of his oratorio later.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 91.
German text
Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir,
daß sie dich behüten auf allen deinen Wegen,
daß sie dich auf den Händen tragen
und du deinen Fuß nicht an einen Stein stoßest.
Psalm 91:11.12